Burbank California-1961: Primate Swinging On Bars In Zoo Enclosure

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Primate Swinging On Bars In Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

BURBANK CALIFORNIA-1961: A primate, likely an orangutan, moves through its chain-link enclosure at a zoo, viewed through the mesh of the cage. The 8mm film captures the animal's brown fur and deliberate movements as it climbs and shifts position against a backdrop of green trees and blue sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color saturation, and slight motion blur of vintage home movie film from the early 1960s, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century zoo life and animal care.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127403804

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Burbank, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot zoo footage, captive primate behavior, or mid-century animal enclosure cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s zoo viewing conditions through chain-link mesh, metal bars, and a sunlit outdoor enclosure in Burbank, California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor perspective through the cage mesh, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record of a zoo animal in motion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown-furred primate, chain-link fencing, vertical dark bars, metal support posts, climbing rails, trees, and blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld blur that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for zoo sequences, animal captivity context, or nostalgic family-outing memory beats.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for a public zoo encounter, showing the animal behind enclosure mesh rather than in a natural habitat.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but species identification and zoo property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Research matches include 1961 Burbank zoo 8mm footage, vintage orangutan enclosure, primate behind chain-link cage, and home movie zoo animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Burbank zoo material, then broader vintage zoo, primate, and animal enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A brown-furred primate appears behind chain-link mesh in a Burbank zoo enclosure, filmed on 8mm in 1961. — Primate looks through chain-link fencing inside the zoo enclosure.

The primate moves along bars behind mesh, with brown fur and enclosure rails filling the 1961 Burbank zoo frame. — Primate shifts position along the bars behind the mesh.

A brown-furred primate climbs within the chain-link enclosure, partly obscured by bars and metal supports in the zoo footage. — Primate climbs inside the mesh enclosure with support posts in view.

The primate is partly hidden by cage mesh and metal posts as it moves through the outdoor Burbank zoo enclosure. — Primate passes behind metal posts and cage mesh near the end of the clip.

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